#C8A69E#C8A69E

#C8A69E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.042 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A69E
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 158)
HSL	hsl(11, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(11, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 11.19, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 14.23, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0349 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.042 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6274, 42.0220, 38.1541)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A69E #9EC0C8

analogous

#C89EAB #C8A69E #C8BB9E

triadic

#C8A69E #9EC8A6 #A69EC8

tetradic

#C8A69E #ABC89E #9EC0C8 #BB9EC8

square

#C8A69E #ABC89E #9EC0C8 #BB9EC8

split-complementary

#C8A69E #9EC8BB #9EABC8

monochromatic

#966255 #B28277 #C8A69E #DECAC5 #F4EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8A69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8A69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A69E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A69E	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.042 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c0ba',
    500: '#c8a69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a69e;
$custom-light: #d9c0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 27.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.0418,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A69E

secondary

#DBE5E7

accent

#93A63F

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF7F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A69E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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